Ashdoda, pottery figurine. Replica. Israelite Period I, 12th century B.C.E

Ceramic

Size: 4.3" X 7"  / 11 X 18 cm

Weight: 400 gr (hand made, weight will vary)

This figurine is a schematic melding of a woman and the chair upon which she sits. Small, cult statuettes of this type were clearly inspired by Mycenaean art from Greece, where the figure of a seated woman represented the "Mother Goddess".

The Israel Museum, Jerusalem